HC Deb 02 July 1990 vol 175 cc403-4W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his letter of 25 June to the hon. Member for Linlithgow, whether he has received any representations from institutions in other European countries about the recent changes in the natural history museum.

Maintained school leavers in England Aggregated over 1986, 1987, 1988
Percentage of all leavers with grades A-C at GCSE/'O' level/CSE
Local education authority Modern foreign language Rank Mathematics Rank English Rank
Barking 6.0 (95) 17.9 (92) 24.0 (95)
Barnet 28.0 (1) 46.5 (1) 51.9 (2)
Bexley 15.2 (32) 33.0 (15) 40.7 (26)
Brent 12.9 (53) 24.4 (70) 33.7 (69)
Bromley 19.3 (12) 35.0 (10) 44.1 (12)
Croydon 14.8 (35) 28.6 (48) 40.1 (32)
Ealing 9.6 (84) 24.4 (72) 30.4 (79)
Enfield 16.5 (22) 31.2 (27) 38.7 (41)
Haringey 11.5 (68) 19.5 (89) 32.1 (75)
Harrow 18.2 (15) 43.9 (2) 53.5 (1)
Havering 11.7 (65) 30.0 (38) 38.6 (42)
Hillingdon 9.8 (81) 30.1 (35) 35.0 (60)
Hounslow 12.8 (55) 28.2 (50) 35.4 (57)
Kingston upon Thames 20.7 (6) 32.9 (16) 51.2 (4)
Merton 16.5 (21) 28.7 (47) 36.9 (49)
Newham 7.7 (93) 18.8 (91) 28.5 (87)
Redbridge 14.5 (38) 30.0 (37) 37.6 (47)
Richmond upon Thames 20.4 (7) 32.8 (17) 42.8 (18)
Sutton 25.8 (2) 40.0 (3) 46.2 (7)
Waltham Forest 9.0 (87) 15.9 (94) 24.5 (94)
Birmingham 11.2 (70) 20.8 (80) 32.2 (74)
Coventry 11.6 (66) 22.3 (76) 34.3 (63)
Dudley 14.2 (39) 27.2 (58) 33.9 (68)
Sandwell 8.0 (91) 15.4 (96) 24.6 (93)
Solihull 20.0 (8) 34.0 (13) 45.6 (8)
Walsall 12.8 (56) 21.9 (78) 32.8 (73)

Mr. Waldegrave

No. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has not received any such representations. We understand that the museum will continue to meet its statutory national and international obligations.